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Western Michigan University vs Brigham Young University-Idaho

Kalamazoo, MI · Rexburg, ID · largest Scorecard gap: out-of-state tuition

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Pair MI:ID

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-OPEN · NET-SPLIT · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-PAR · GAP-TUITION

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MI × ID
  • ACCEPT-OPEN Open admission
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-PAR Completion near-par
  • GAP-TUITION Largest gap · Out-of-State Tuition

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Net-price paths do not share a shape

NET-SPLIT · 2013–2023

One school has a directional average-net-price path over 2013–2023; the other sits in a measured range (or the two move opposite ways). Cost gaps on this board are moving targets.

  • Western Michigan University: average net price rose +8.0% from $17,322 (2013) to $18,701 (2023), r² 0.64.
  • Brigham Young University-Idaho: net price ranged $6,577–$8,667 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -3.8% is not a trend (r² 0.48).
  • Western Michigan University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.08).
  • Brigham Young University-Idaho: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.37).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Western Michigan University vs Brigham Young University-Idaho

  1. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Brigham Young University-Idaho leads on out-of-state tuition ($4,800 vs $19,034 at Western Michigan University)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Brigham Young University-Idaho leads on in-state tuition ($4,800 vs $15,252 at Western Michigan University)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Brigham Young University-Idaho leads on median debt at graduation ($13,969 vs $26,188 at Western Michigan University)

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Out-of-State Tuition and other Scorecard questions

On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Western Michigan University and Brigham Young University-Idaho?▼
Brigham Young University-Idaho leads on out-of-state tuition at $4,800 versus $19,034 at Western Michigan University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Western Michigan University and Brigham Young University-Idaho?▼
Brigham Young University-Idaho leads on in-state tuition at $4,800 versus $15,252 at Western Michigan University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between Western Michigan University and Brigham Young University-Idaho?▼
Brigham Young University-Idaho leads on median debt at graduation at $13,969 versus $26,188 at Western Michigan University. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); out-of-state tuition focus for this pair · 2025